Chō'li-ămb or Chō'li-ăm'bic, n.

n. [Fr. choliambique, a., choli- ambe, n., Lat. choliambus, n., Gr. χωλίαμβος, n., from χωλός, lame, and ἴαμβος. See IAMBUS.] (Pros.) A sort of verse having an iambic foot in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.